“Imagine you have your watch for about four or five years, and is at the point where it needs service soon, but instead of servicing it you put it on the winder and forget about it,” he says. The bottom line: as long as you keep up with regular service intervals, your watch will be alright whether or not your watch is sitting still on your nightstand or spinning in a winder.Īccording to Ly, however, if you haven’t kept up with service, that’s where you could potentially run into trouble. So while they will eventually dissipate with time (again, regardless of whether or not the watch is running), there’s no need to worry about them gunking up and damaging the watch. Further, modern synthetic watch oils don’t coagulate like their animal-based counterparts of yesteryear.
When I asked Henry Ly - the Managing Director at Watchmaking Project, an NYC-based independent watch repair shop - if this was true, his response was quick and stern: “No, absolutely not.” According to Ly, factors like age and temperature can cause a watch’s lubricants to dry up, but a lack of use shouldn’t be a cause for concern. It's reasonably priced. It's got an in-house movement. Tudor's Black Bay Fifty-Eight is the right size. This, in turn, could cause damage to the movement and, thus, the watch should be kept moving to avoid this degradation of your watch’s lubricating oils. The theory goes something like this: The lubricants inside your mechanical watch that reduce friction between its many moving parts will, if left dormant, become dried up or coagulate. Some watch winder proponents often cite it as a maintenance precaution for time when your automatic watch is not on your wrist. At its worst, it actually harms your watch. At its best, the watch winder offers minor convenience. It’s also an overpriced, gaudy and (almost) wholly unnecessary device that masquerades as an essential tool in watch collecting. What Is a Watch Winder?Ī watch winder is a tabletop box (or, if you can afford it, a big-ass vault) that ever-so-gently rotates an automatic winding watch when it isn’t being worn to keep the mainspring wound and, in effect, the watch running. Even as somebody who loves watches, I must tell you that there’s something in the watch collecting sphere that surpasses the watch itself as an excessive use of cash: the watch winder. But most watch dorks have more or less accepted that style, history and charm offer enough meaningful value to keep mechanical watchmaking alive. We all know nobody needs one - there are plenty of more convenient, affordable tools to tell time. I’m a self-professed watch dork but let me be the first to admit that an automatic mechanical watch is the spitting image of a gratuitous use of money.
#Stauer automatic watch winder series#
AC adapter included.Welcome to Counterpoint, a series in which we challenge commonly held ideas about well-known products. Also works great for “battery-less” quartz watches. Includes a timer that automatically rotates your watch for one hour followed by three hours of rest.
The box features an ultra-soft beige vinyl interior to prevent scratching. We figured the world has enough boring, black and bulky electronic devices, so we crafted the Stauer Select like an elegant piece of antique furniture. The Stauer Watch Winder is designed to keep your watches running in style. Thankfully, we can spare you such tragedy. Leave a watch sitting still for too long and time literally stops dead. It’s the constant motion that keeps a self-winding mechanism working. The watch doesn’t care, so long as it’s moving. Much like our faithful four-legged friends, your favourite automatic watch is happiest when taken for a walk.
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